“Washington should use its influence with the Ukrainian authorities to convince them to stop sabotaging the Minsk agreements,” the Facebook statement said.

Earlier, Russian diplomats called for an end to the hysteria and escalation of the situation around the situation in Donbass.

In turn, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Ukraine is under the external control of the United States and the American authorities can force Kiev to comply with the Minsk agreements.